Combined picture-exhibitor and phonograph.



No. 833,508. PATENTED OCT. 16, 1906. E. L. CRABB. COMBINED PICTURE EXHIBITOR AND PHONOGRAPH.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 21 1905.

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PATENTED OCT. 16, 1906 13. L. CRABB.

COMBINED PICTURE EXHIBITOR AND PHONOGRAPH.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21.1905,

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PATENTED OCT. 16, 1906.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21.1905.

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E. L. CRABB.

COMBINED PICTURE EXHIBITOR AND PHONOGRAPH.

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[NI 51V TOR ATTORNEY EARL L. CRABB, ()F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

COMBINED PICTURE-EXHIBITOR AND PHONOGRAPH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented :Oct. 16, 1906.

Application filed July 21, 1905. Serial No. 270,808.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EARL L. CRABB, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combined Picture-Exhibitor and Phonograph; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to coin-controlled repeatin phonographs and apparatus connected t erewith and operated thereby for exhibiting or displaying pictures, more particularly series of pictures illustrating the sub'ect-matter of the phonograph-records while bein transmitted to the listeners, the invention aving particular reference to the exhibitor mechanism whereby the pictures may be moved into position for observation in succession, the invention having reference also to the apparatus for holding and carrying the pictures;

Objects of the invention are to provide simple and relatively cheap apparatus of the above-mentioned character and means for economically o crating the apparatus by means of thephonograph mechanism so as to obviate the necessity of providing an independent or separate motor for therpictureexhibitor and to provide inexpensive means for holding and carrying the pictures.

The invention consists in the application to the mechanism of a coin-controlled repeating phonograph, of ap aratus that is driven by the phonograph when in operation continuously and moving the pictures, stop de vices for periodically arresting the movements of the pictures, and means for con- 7 necting the pictures operatively with the aparatus; and the invention consists, further, 111 the novel parts and the combinations and arrangements of parts, as hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a phonograph-cabinet partially broken away and a front eleva-- tion of the phonograph havin the im roved picture-exhibitor connected t erewit Fig. 2, a horizontal sectional view of the cabinet, taken above the phonograph and exhibitor,

the instruments in the cabinet being shown in a top plan view Fig. 3, a fragmentary vertical sectional view on the line A A in Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a fragmentary vertical sectional view of the cabinet and an end elevation of the phonograph and exhibitor in the cabinet; Fig. 5, a fra mentary vertical sectional view on the line B in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary transverse sectional view of the phonograph near the head end of the mandrel, showing the repeating attachments connected therewith, the reproducer being elevated above the record, as when returning; Fig. 7, a fragmentary top plan showing the position of the reproducer after having traversed the record and at rest Fig. 8, a fragmentary front elevation showing parts of the phonograph and repeating attachment; Fig. 9, a rear elevation of the parts of the repeating attachment that operate to lift the re roducer, so that it may return to repeat; ig. 10, an end elevation of the attachments shown in the preceding figure, and Fig. 11 a fragmentary sectional view of the head of the reproducer-arm in which the guide-pin is slidingly mounted.

Similar reference characters in the several figures of the drawings designate corresponding elements or features.

In practically carrying out the invention new phonographs may be provided or wellknown phonographs may be obtained in the market that may be altered to suit the purposes of the present invention, and in either case novel repeating attachments may be applied to the phonographs adapted to be coin-controlled. For the purposes of describing the present invention a well-known type of phonograph is illustrated that is driven by a spring-motor and mounted in a cabinet, the instrument being provided with peculiar repeating attachments that are the subject-matter of Patent No. 7 94,7 86, dated July 18, 1905, and patent application, Serial No. 267,338, filed June28, 1905, and need not be described herein in detail.

In the drawings, a designates the body of a suitable cabinet; I), the top, and c the front door, of the cabinet; d, a suitable platform supported in the cabinet and having the base 6 of the upper works of the phonogra h mounted thereon, the principal upper wor comprising well-known elements-such as arm guide-bar h, the feed-screw '11, the reproducer-arm j, the feed-nut k, the buffer-stop l, the re roducer-head 'm, the ear-tube n, the guidesad 1) of the reproducerehead, and the reproducer guide-bar The phonograph includes an attachment com risin a cord 1', connected with the repro uceread and running over a suitablysup orted gpide-sheave s, and a weight 6 attac ed to t e ducer in order to repeat the record. In the guide-head p is a longitudinally-movable guide-pin C, that may e pushed inwardl upon the guide-bar q for holdin the repro ducer away from the record w e returning to the starting-point. Another attachment is connected with the phono aph for elevating the reproducer and pu iing the guidepin 0 onto the guide-bar g, and it comprises a movable arm D, sprin ressed upwardly and sup orted on a stand E, that is suitably mounte on the platform (Z, the-stand also supporting pin-guides F, G, and H, and the guide-pin C operates in connection with the guides and the-arm in its various movements or placing the pin onto the guide-bar g when carried by the guide-head p. A latch J is mounted on the stand for holding the depressed arm D and has an operating-lever t, that extends under a coin chute u, that is attached to the top a of the cabinet, there being a hopper 7 below the chute to receive the coins that may be used to actuate the latch.

The phono aph-motor is mounted against the under si e of the platform (1, the construction of the motor bein well-known,

0 indicating the frame thereo w the brake-- wheel, and a; the sprin -retracted brake-lever, which is provided wit a reach-rod 3 that extends alon the-guide-bar g, so as to be engaged by t e guide-head p when the reproucer reaches the end of the record to stop the motor, akey 2 being used for winding the motor-spring. The motor has a drivingshaft K, on' which is apull'ey8, to which is connected a belt 9, that turns'the mandrel f.

In the present invention a pair of stand ards-L and L are mounted on the latform d also about a drive-pulley O, with which the shaft K has been provided in practically carrying out the present invention.

A pair of endless belts P and P- are hung on or extend over the shaft N to be driven cord for returning the reproards above the guides,

thereby and sup ort a roller Q: for stretching the belts, whic may be of any suitable len ths. Aseries of picture-cards, as R R R" 3 R? R are secured to the outer sides of the belts P and P by suitable means, as staples S, or by other means permitting of the cards being detached from the belts, if desired. Each card has a finger T attached to its upper ed e, each finger being in a different position re atively to the other fingers on the different cards, as shown. An arm U is secured to the guide-head p and extends forwardly, so as to have its end in the pathof the fingers T when they are carried by the cards in their movements over the shaft N. A stereoscope V is mounted on the top I) of the cabinet above the drive-shaft N.

In practical use if the machine be ut in operation with the reproducer at the eginmng of the record the drivin shaft N will revolve continuously, being riven by the shaft K of the phonograph-motor. The picture-card that has a finger T in the proper position to engage the arm U will be carried to the top of the shaft N- and will be held in an approximately horizontal position by reason 0 the finger engaging the arm, whereby the belts P and P will be prevented from moving with the shaft N, the shaft slipping against the belts or under them. As the record is traversed by the reproducer its arm moves the arm U, which will pass from beneath the finger T, and thus release the card, so that the following card will be carried upon the shaft N, and the finger of the second card will engage the arm U, thereby stopping the belts P and P and the picture-cards, and so on each card will be brought in succession into view and stopped opposite the stereo scope V until when the last one of the series is in view the advanced pin 0 will ride on the movable arm D under the horizontal guide F, and thus depress the arm D, which will be held down by the latchJ, the rod y being engaged by the guide-head 1), so as to apply the brake and stop the machine when t e record has been completed or rendered in full, the whole apparatus being now ready for another operation or repetition of the previous record and accompanying exhibition of the pictures. If now a coin be laced in the coin-chute u, it will fall upon t e lever t of the latch J and thence into the hopper 7, a suitable bin being usually provided to receive the coins from the hop er. The force of the falling coin will move t e latch J so as to release the arm D, which'will engage the in O and lift it high enough to-permit of its eing carried by the weight 6 and connections onto the inclined guide G, from which it will be pushed by the guide H onto the guide-bar q, and as the reproducer rises as a result of the pin riding on the guide G the brake is released, as is the feed-nut, so that the reproducer will be returned with the in upon the guide-bar g by means of the weig t 6. When the inner end of the pin-C while moved by the returning reproducer-arm engages the inclined guide I, with which the guide-bar g is provided, the pin will be forced from the guide-bar and allow the reproducer to descend into contact with the record. The return operations will be rapid, so that the arm U will engage the finger T of the first picturecard of the series as it approaches. The above-described operations will then be repeated. When the records are changed, the pictures also will be changed, and the picture-cards that may not be in use may be compactly folded, so that each series will be conveniently held together ready for use in regular order Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A picture-exhibitor including an endless belt, a pluralit of cards mounted on the belt to be moved t ereby and provided with projections arranged at relatively different points on the different cards.

2. A picture-exhibitor including a driving shaft, an endless belt hung on the drivingshaft to be moved thereby, a plurality of exhibition-cards attached intermediately of their top' and bottom ends to the belt and provided each with a projection arranged at a point relatively different to those of the remaining ones of the plurality of cards, and a stop device movable successively into en gagement with the projections of the plurality of cards.

8. Displaying apparatus including a rotative driving-shaft, an endless belt hung on the shaft to be moved thereby and ermitting the shaft to periodically move re atively thereto, a plurality. of exhibition cards mounted on the belt and movable thereby, a movable stop device, and a motor connected with the driving-shaft and also with the stop device operating to force the stop device to arrest the belt periodically, the motor also operating to rotate the shaft while the movement of the belt is arrested.

4. A combined picture-exhibitor and phonograph including a rotative driving-shaft, a rotative phonograph-record mandrel, a motor operativelyconnected with the drivingshaft and also with the record-mandrel, a belt extending about the driving-shaft to be driven thereby, a plurality of picture-cards mounted on the belt, and means for arresting the motion of the belt intermittently while the driving-shaft and the record-mandrel continue in motion 5. A combined picture-exhibitor and phonograph including a rotative driving-shaft, a rotative phonograph-record mandrel, a motor operativelyconnected with the drivingshaft and also with the record-mandrel, a plurality of belts extending about the driving-shaft to be driven thereby, a plurality of picture-cards mounted on the belts and provided each with a projectin fin er, and movable means for engaging t e ngers of the picture-cards successively and intermittently arresting the motion of the belts while the driving-shaft and the record-mandrel continue in motion.

6. A combined picture-exhibitor and phonograph including a rotative driving-shaft, a rotative phonograph-record man rel supporting a record, a movable reproducer-arrn, a motor connected with the driving-shaft and the record-mandrel, a pluralit of belts mounted on the driving-shaft .to be driven thereby, a plurality of pipture-cards mounted on the belts, and an armsupported by the reproducer-arm for intermittently arresting the movements of the picture-cards while the driving-shaft and the record continue in motion.

7. A picture-exhibitor including a'rotative shaft, supports for the shaft, a plurality of exhibition-cards provided collectively with a carrying-belt to be driven by the rotative shaft and having fingers attached thereto at different distances on the different cards from the ends thereof, motive means for driving the rotative shaft, and an arm movable by the motive means for engaging the fin gers successively to arrest the movements of the cards.

8. A picture-exhibitor including a plural- I ity of cards having projecting fin ers, a lurality of belts attached to the car s enab ing the cards to be folded together serially, a rotative shaft whereon the belts ma be hung and moved, a motor, an arm movable by the motor, and a drive-belt connecting the rotative shaft with the motor for moving the cards and drawing the fingers thereof in succession into the path of the arm to be arrested and released thereby.

9. A combined picture-exhibitor and phonograph including a rotative driving-shaft, a rotative phonograph-record, a motor driving the shaft and the record, a belt mounted on the driving-shaft and having exhibiting-cards mounted thereon provided with projections, means for enga ing the projections of the cards successively and arresting the movements of the cards, automatic means for pcriodically stopping the phonogra h-record and driving-shaft, and means for re easing the automatic means from action.

10. In displaying afpparatus, the combina-' tion of a rotative sha a plurality of endless belts hung on the shaft to be driven thereby and permitting rotation of the shaft in slipping contact therewith, a plurality of displaynerds mounted on the belts, a motor for ro-, sftive shaft for supporting and moving the belt,v 1o tating the shaft centinuous1y,movablemeans and a movable stop device forengaging the. for: intermittentl vsto ping, the belts,-a.nd pl'oje'etic'ms oftthe cards.

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11. In displaying, apparatus, a'pluralit ,of EARL L. CRABBt cards hanacho-projection, a tapeike- Witnesses: flexible fabne belt attached to the cardsen- WM. H. PAYNE,

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